sorry, guess I should elaborate a little bit. Basically when you attempt to make Iron your default browser you get the pop-up that is shown in the attached screen shot. You have 2 options "keep using Internet Explorer" or "look for an app in the store". The store has a few apps you can download including Chrome. I have no idea how to proceed at this point so any help is greatly appreciated, I'm test driving windows 8 and I'd love to continue to use Iron as my default browser. Thanks.

The referenced fixes involve an internal coding change to update the Windows generated progid in the compiled program. Such fixes cannot be simply applied by users (unless you want to run a HEX/bit editor and muck with the compiled executable ).

You will have to wait for the next Iron update based on Chromium 23 which should include the fix before you can set Iron as default browser in Win 8.